The kanji 能: meaning, readings and stroke order

能

Meaning: ability
On reading: ノウ nou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khả năng (năng)
Japanese: なにかができるちから。
Korean: 능력, 할 수 있는 힘 (능)
Chinese: 能力

Readings, words and example sentences

ノウ nou · on reading

能のう力りょく
ability
練習して自分の 能のう力りょくを高めます。
I practice to build up my abilities.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.